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Friday, July 29, 2016

Researching Cameras 'To See Around Corners'

Plumbing the Possibilities of a Camera That 'Sees around Corners'

Brian Mattmiller | July 28, 2016

The Morgridge Institute for Research and University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are working to optimize a camera capable of a slick optical trick: Snapping pictures around corners.The imaging project, supported by a new $4.4 million grant from the U.S. Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), will work over four years to explore the limitations and potential applications of scattered-light technology that can recreate scenes outside human line of sight.